AKU - An African Journal of Contemporary Research (AAJCR) (Vol. 4 No. 1, 2023)
ETHNIC NATIONAL AGITATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LIGHT OF ISA 56:1-8
ABSTRACT
Ethnic national agitations have existed almost all through Nigeria’s history. These agitations have usually been informed by perceived injustice or fear of inordinate dominance and loss of identity. The fever pitch reactions they generate often drag the nation into retrogressions in many fronts and they have been known to generate enduring bad bloods. Among those who make up the Agitators are Christians. Consequently, taking up the backdrop of the Israelites return from exile and the ethnic tensions it caused in Israel from the 6th BCE, this paper shall use close reading to evaluate lexemes within Isa 56:1-8 with the goal to present to the Agitators and Nigeria’s leadership certain cardinal issues that should be respected and upheld in their drives. The objective of this trajectory is to underscore certain dignities they must respect in the cause of their possibly rightful agitations.
